Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1484 Prisoners of Nurmengard

 Austria.

On a remote and secret hillside, the infamous Nurmengard Prison stands here.

A cloaked figure appeared quietly under the cover of night. He looked up at the dark night on the hillside for a moment, then walked forward.

 A "pop" sound.

The figure seemed to have passed through an invisible barrier, and the night in front of him was like ripples on the surface of a lake.

On the other side of the ripples, stands a gloomy tower—Nurmengard.

It was a wizard prison specially built to imprison opponents when the first generation of Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald came to power.

After Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore, this well-equipped prison was taken over by the International Federation of Wizards and used to imprison dangerous elements from all over Europe.

The notorious Grindelwald was imprisoned in a prison he built. Considering how dangerous the Dark Lord was, the defensive strength of Nurmengard was self-evident.

This is also the main reason why Albert did not invade Nurmengard directly, unless he wanted to fight all the way in and knock down all the guards of Nurmengard.

This is never a good idea.

However, after getting the help of Babajide, Albert can visit the wizard prison as a visitor.

As funny as it sounds, Dumbledore did this more than once during his lifetime.

 “Good evening, sir, please show me your proof.”

An old Nurmengard guard walked towards Albert holding an oil lamp and greeted him proactively, but his eyes were a little defensive.

Who asked Albert to come visit at this time?

Of course, Albert was not directly regarded as an intruder. More importantly, Albert was able to pass through the outermost protective magic of Nurmengard without any hindrance without triggering an alarm, which meant that the other party had permission.

Albert handed the parchment given by Babajid to the old guard.

 “This is really strange.”

The old guard carefully looked at the parchment in front of him with the help of an oil lamp, then raised the oil lamp and swung it toward the guard in the tower behind him regularly, asking them to open the door and let them in.

This is a backup plan to prevent someone from hijacking the prison. Once someone attempts to attack the wizard prison, the nearby Ministry of Magic will immediately receive an alert and rush to support as soon as possible to prevent major suspects detained in the prison from escaping. .

Albert stopped at the gate of Nurmengard, raised his wand and looked up at the famous words left by Grindelwald:

 For the greater good.

“That guy was only out for his own interests from beginning to end.” The old guard stopped and turned to Albert.

Albert silently raised his finger, tapped the old guard, and then followed him into the hall. The layout here was a bit like a registration office. A younger-looking Auror was looking up and down under the cover of a newspaper. Albert, before he could say anything, was controlled by the Imperius Curse.

This approach is simple and crude, but it is undeniably useful.

 Save him a lot of trouble directly.

　　Under the leadership of the Auror, Albert went to the topmost cell where Grindelwald was imprisoned.

Like most prisons, this prison does not pay attention to the human rights of prisoners, and the environment is as bad as Azkaban next door.

The only lucky thing is probably that no dementors are used as jailers. The dark wizards imprisoned here do not need to endure the torture of dementors in addition to the harsh living environment.

The Auror seemed to be receiving a big shot and told Albert a lot about Nurmengard Prison.

 The prisoners' food is provided by house elves. In order to prevent them from getting too full and causing trouble, the prison only ate two meals a day, which were very difficult to eat, barely ensuring that they did not starve to death.

Since there are no dementors, there have been many prison escapes in Nurmengard, but they usually ended in failure.

Since there is magic in the prison to prevent Apparition, it is not easy to escape without the help of a wand. Even if they escape from the prison through wandless magic, they are still no match for the guards who have wands and are proficient in combat. The most important thing is that the guards here allow prisoners to be shot directly after they escape.

After being taken to the cell on the top floor by the guard, the guard bowed slightly to him, turned around and left, leaving Albert enough space to talk to the prisoner.

 “Good evening, I hope I didn’t disturb your rest.”

Albert looked at the old man in ragged clothes and weak body on the hard bed, and it was difficult to connect him with the all-powerful Dark Lord back then.

"Who are you?"

The embarrassed figure slowly sat up from the bed, raised his head and looked at the strange figure standing outside the fence.

 “A messenger.” Albert introduced himself.

 “Messenger?”

The old man ignored the young man in front of him and just chewed the word repeatedly in his mouth, as if trying to figure out the meaning of the words.

 “Dumbledore is dead.”

Albert looked at the old man who reacted stiffly and dropped a bombshell.

 “Oh, he’s dead!”

 The old man did not show much sadness over the death of his former best friend. It seemed that he should have known the news for a long time.

“He asked me to apologize to you for involving you in this dispute.” Looking at Grindelwald in front of him, Albert was suddenly curious about what he would look like when he got old.

"Apologise, this is not something he would do. I thought he would hate me for killing his sister." Grindelwald only had memories in his eyes.

 “The Deathly Hallows.” Albert prompted

Grindelwald suddenly raised his head and looked at the young man outside the iron fence with a sharp gaze that was not like that of an old man.

 In the end, he chose to remain silent.

 “He found all the Deathly Hallows.”

“That rumor is indeed false, and collecting the Deathly Hallows did not help him conquer death.” This sentence is more like a joke.

“No, he conquered death.” Albert said softly: “Only those who dare to face death are qualified to conquer death.”

 “So, did the fool choose to die?”

Grindelwald seemed to have some interest in Albert: "It seems that you should be his protégé."

“I don’t count, Harry Potter does.” Albert explained with a smile, “I came to you because you once owned the Deathly Hallows.”

"Oh, it seems that someone is looking for the Elder Wand." Although Grindelwald was old, he was not completely stupid, and he immediately guessed the reason.

"The guy who is looking for that wand now, call it the death stick." Albert planned to tell Grindelwald that Voldemort was looking for the Elder Wand, so that the other party would be mentally prepared, although he felt that Grindelwald might not need it. But as a junior, he must give the other party enough respect.

"Oh, this name is indeed very fitting. I did use it to bring too many deaths." Grindelwald seemed to have not chatted with others for a long time. "I probably know who is looking for the Elder Wand."

 (End of this chapter)